''Stigmella micromelis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis in 1985. It is known from the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admin ...

.Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
/ref> The larvae feed on '' Sorbus alnifolia''. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Nepticulidae Moths of Asia Moths described in 1985 {{Stigmella-stub